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JOHN ELLSWORTH SHOWERS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Ellsworth Showers JR, of Benezett, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 76
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Benezett, Pennsylvania (Elk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 76
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · October 8, 1967
- JOSE C SANTIAGO-LUGO JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE C SANTIAGO-LUGO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 76
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.